PRIDE

What does it mean to P.R.I.D.E.?

Preview the text or question

Read (and chunk the text!)

Indirect (L2)

Direct (L1)

Explain

Pay very close attention.

You will use this strategy from this moment forward.

P

Please write the question at the top of the poem:

What is the theme of the poem?

R

Read along silently as I read aloud

Where would you chunk (separate) the text?

Let's read chunk #1 then summarize it in one sentence.

Summary 1 - Teacher

The flowers are imprisoned due to their beauty.

You try chunk #2 on with a partner.

Write your summary underneath the first summary.

Here's my paper.

This flower desires untamed freedom.

Try the second chunk with a partner!

Write a sentence summary for the last two chunks.

Try the third chunk with a partner!

Discuss what the overall poem means with a partner

D*

*I (indirect) and D* (direct) fluctuate most times.

A thought may come to your head first as you're reading (indirect) or sometimes words or phrases may stand out (direct) first.

It doesn't which comes first, both need attention.

Look at chunk #1. What words or phrases are important?

In pink, highlight those important words or phrases

Look at chunk #2. What words or phrases are important?

In pink, highlight those important words or phrases

Here's what I highlighted. What did you highlight?

I

What L2 ideas come to your mind when you analyze the first important phrase in chunk #1

______________

always watered...but harnessed to a pot of dirt

______________

What L2 ideas come to your mind when you analyze the second important phrase in chunk #1

______________

rather be tall, ugly...like an eagle

______________

E

E changes its role often to fit the purpose for your reading.

In this case let's write an associative statements answering the question using L2 ideas!

The life lesson is... _____________________________________.

Now you try it

Write an associative statement using your L2 ideas/words.

The life lesson is...

The life lesson is that beauty can lead to a more restricted life, however, with confidence, people are willing to take the unlikely road to be happy.

Let's elevate our associative statement

Go back and choose 2-3 more L2 words that you'd like to incorporate in your new associative statements.

Feel free to add new L2 ideas!

Let's write new and improved associative statements!

The life lesson is that beauty can lead to a more restricted life, however, with confidence, people are willing to take the unlikely road to be happy.

The lesson is beauty can be unexpecting, but if one stays true to themselves, despite how it appears, they can live a fulfilling, satisfying life.

THE END